Heinze unhappy at United treatment

Gabriel Heinze feared he would have become the forgotten man if he had stayed
at Manchester United after this week completing a move to Real Madrid.
The Argentina defender initially hoped to sign for Liverpool but United
blocked the move, insisting they would not allow him to join one of their
Premier League rivals.
Heinze claimed a letter signed by chief executive David Gill indicating United
would be willing to sell at a price of £6.8million constituted official approval
for him to leave, but United disagreed and a three-man panel brought together to
settle the dispute found in favour of the club.
Heinze had been expected to appeal that decision but has now completed a move
to Spanish champions Real Madrid, after admitting he had no future at Old
Trafford.
'I deserved better treatment after my efforts for the club,' he said.
'I had to leave because I am convinced (United boss Sir Alex) Ferguson would
not give me a minute all season.
'Now I would love to play United in the Champions League.
'I thank the United fans - but they are very different to the directors.'
Heinze believes Ferguson was unhappy at the player being involved in last
summer's World Cup after spending almost the whole of the 2005-06 season
sidelined with a serious knee injury.
'I went to Spain for recovery but Ferguson thought it would be impossible for
me to play in Germany to the proper conditions.
'You could say I won the bet but I upset him and from that moment on, things
were different between us.'
Ferguson claims the player's representatives caused problems by making what he
saw as unrealistic wage demands.
'Gaby came back unfit from the World Cup. We had to rehabilitate him again.
'Meanwhile, all through that time his agents kept having meetings with David
Gill asking to leave - or double his money.
'We gave them a solid figure of finance but they would not budge from their
own figure.
'They wanted him to be the top-paid player at Manchester United - which is
absolutely ridiculous.'